http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4027 2013-05-21T08:02:56Z 2013-05-21T08:02:56Z Mayaki, Toluwalase Feyisetan http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9503 2013-05-18T22:03:02Z 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z

Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards voluntary HIV counselling and testing among adolescents of a senior high school in Nigeria Mayaki, Toluwalase Feyisetan Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV is a vital tool in HIV prevention and care, available information indicates low uptake among Nigerian adolescents despite effort at combating the scourge of HIV/AIDS. A cross sectional quantitative descriptive study was conducted to describe the knowledge, understand the attitudes and practices of VCT among adolescents of senior high school in Nigeria with the aim of informing VCT services and policies. A systematic random sampling of 100 adolescents was done and data collected by means of structured self-administered questionnaires. The study revealed inadequate knowledge on VCT among the study participants which is probably responsible for their poor VCT uptake. Free VCT services and availability of VCT services within the school are factors that could motivate VCT uptake among the students. There is need to enhance dissemination of VCT information among youth and create youth-friendly VCT services to increase VCT uptake among adolescents

2013-05-16T00:00:00Z Brysiewicz, P. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9379 2013-05-18T22:02:09Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Announcement : formation of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFME) : "supporting emergency care across Africa" Brysiewicz, P. We are proud to announce the formation of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM), dedicated to "Supporting Emergency Care Across Africa". Lee Wallis, President of the Emergency Medicine Society for South Africa (EMSSA), organised several meetings on this and other topics during the 2nd EMSSA "Emergency Medicine in the Developing World" Conference, held from 24-26 November, 2009, at the Cape Town International Conference Centre. The AFEM will act as a formative, "umbrella" organisation for all the existing and future African National EMERGENCY MEDICINE Societies.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Van Rensburg, G.H. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9378 2013-05-18T22:02:01Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conference report : 40th Biennial Convention : Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) : Honor Society of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 31 October - 4 November 2009 Van Rensburg, G.H. The convention took place from 31 October to 4 November 2009 at the Indiana Convention Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the convention the global nursing community was represented to share diverse experiences, perspectives and knowledge of members of STTI about clinical innovations, cutting-edge research projects and leadership initiatives.

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Zungu, L.I. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9377 2013-05-18T22:02:08Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conference report : International Military Nursing Conference : St Georges Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-21 August 2009 Zungu, L.I. The 1st International Military Nursing Conference hosted by the South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) under the command of the Surgeon General (SG) of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), was held in Johannesburg with the theme "Military Nursing as a Catalyst in Support of Military Medicine, a National Asset within the SAMHS". Delegates included healthcare workers of various categories from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region and the African Union (AU). The aim of the conference was to determine and clarify the extensive role and functions of nurses in the SAMHS, as military nursing officers in the department of defence (DOD) in order to affirm military nurses as an asset for the country.

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